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HENRY BEUTTELL OF HALIFAX, COUNTY OF YORK, ENGLAND.

M ETALLIC BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming par); of Letters Patent No. 351,038, dated October 19, 1886.

Application filed May 17, 1886. Serial No. 202,491.

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BEUTTELL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing in Halifax, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metailic Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metallic bedsteads having telescopic head-posts and folding canopies. My United States Patent No. 337,655, dated March 9, 1886, shows a bedstead of this character.

According to my present invention, the canopy is made to descend into the telescopic posts or pillars, its end portionsbeing hinged to perinit the body of the canopy to turn down horizontally, while the ends remain in the pillars. According to the preferred construction, the canopy is made of pieces hinged together and separable in the middle into twosections, which on being folded together may be dropped into the respective pillars and inclosed by screwing the ornamental knobs thereon. Then drawn out, the canopy turns down into notches, after which the knobs may be again screwed on.

In a modified construction the canopy is made of but three sections-'a U -shaped iniddlc portion, which turns down horizontally, and the end portions, which slide in the teleA scopic pillars. In this construction the knobs are omitted.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view of a half-tester bedstead constructed according to the preferred form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on a larger scale, showing one of the head-posts extended and the canopy turned down. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the npper part of the head-posts, showing the canopy in section. Fig. 4 is a plan of the canopy detached. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing one-half of the canopy folded together; and Fig. 6 is a vertical section of one of the head posts collapsed, with one-half of the canopy inclosed within it. The remaining views illustrate modifications. Fig. 7 isa perspective view of the hedstead. Fig. 8 is a section of the telescopic pillars. Fig. 9 is an elevation of the head-frame of the bedstead, and Fig. 10 is a plan of the head-frame and canopy. Fig.

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11 is a fragmentary side elevation of the canopy, showing a further modification thereof.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 5, let A A designate the hollow pillars or head-posts of the bed, and B B hollow or tubular pillars sliding teleseopically into the respective pillars A A, as in my said former patent, and O the canopy or canopy-frame. The pillars B B have heads c at their 'bottom'ends which, when they are fully raised, encounter internal flanges, e', in the pillars A A, whereby they are prevented from pulling ont or being lifted too high. VvYhen thus elevated, the pillars B B are held up by set-screws, one of which, d, is shown in Fig. 2. A cross-bar, E, connects the tops of the two pillars B B. The canopy C is essentially a U-shaped frame, with its two ends, g y, adapted to enter and slide in the pillars B B, and hinged at fj", to permit it to be turned down horizontally, as shown in full linesin Fig. 1, orto be turned up vertically, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7. lVhen thus turned vertically, the canopy may be slid down into the pillars B B. The preferred construction of canopy is that shown in Fig. et. It is made in two sections, fastened together at a by any suitable fastening, as a pin or bolt. Each section consists of four pieces-the end piece, g, the side piece, m, the corner piece, n, and the front piece, p. The piecesm, vaandp are hinged together at o o by hinges having vertical axes, so that the frame will be rigid when in its horizontal. position. When the canopy is not to he used,it is collapsed and stowed away inthe hollow pillars. To do this it is first unfastened at a', then each section is folded together, as

shown in Fig. 5, and turned up vertically, and

it is then dropped down into ,the pillar B, after which theknob Gis screwed on,as shown in Fig. 6. The pillars A B may be collapsed, as here sho'wn, thus converting the bedstead into aA French bedstead.

lVhen a l1alf-teste1" hedstead is desired, the knobs G G are nnscrewed and the two seotions of the canopy C are pulled up out ofthe pillars B B. The part gof each terminates in a head, lz,which encounters an internal ange, h', in thc pillar B, and thus prevents its being pulled out too far. XVhen the canopy-section is drawn up until this head strikes the flange, it is then bent at the hinge f and turned down f ends hooked into eyes on, the canopy.

horizontally, the part m thus dropping into a notch, q, in the top of the pillar B. This notch holds the part in and prevents any side.- wise displacement, and it also enables thc screw-threads on the upper end of the pillar B to be continued above the thickness of the part fm, so that the knob G can be again screwed on, as shown in Fig. 2, thus making a neatiinish for the pillar. The canopy is completed by unfolding its sections and joining them to gether at a. This construction has the nd- Vantage that the canopy when not in use is out of sight, and does not interfere with the use of knobs on top of the pillars, which are preferred by many persons'. In my said patent the canopy when not in use was removed bodily from the head-posts or pillars, folded to gether,and inserted into one of the hollow pillars at the foot of the bed. My present invention is an improvement upon that construction, since the canopy is not separated from the bedstead, and the conversion of the bed` stead from one style into the other is now attended with the minimum of trouble.

I will now proceed to describe the modification of my invention. shown in Figs. 7 to 11. In this construction the canopy C is incapable of folding together, being made of but three pieces, the two end pieces, f1 g, and the U- shaped middle portion or frame, a. In Figs. 7, 8, and ll the canopy is shown in use. Curtain-rods i and j are provided, which are hinged at k k to the crossbar E,and have their The curtains are to be hung from rings strung on theserods. The rods may also serve as brac-es. To lower the canopy, these rods are first unhooked and turned inward, their ends being dropped into holes Z l, formed in the bar E, Then the canopy is turned upward, and then it is lowered down into the pillars B B, and these pillars are lowered into the pillars A A, all as shown in Figs. Si and 10. The front rail of the canopy then forms an ornamental top bar for the head-frame of the bedstead, as shown in Fig. 10. Flanges r yr are formed on the canopy to limit its descent into the pillars. In this construction, the matches q q at the tops of the pillars B B being omitted, rotation ot' the pillars is admissible, and hence the method of fastening them when elevated that is claimed in my former patent may be used. I have shown the pillars A provided with a fixed nut, c, and the pillars B formed with a corresponding male screw, b, just above the head e, so that when they are elevated they may be rotated and the screw Z be screwed into the nut e until the head e comes against the nut and makes the connection tight;- and firm.

The knobs G- are not used on the head-posts in the construction just described. rllhey may be used by varying the construction in the manner shown in Fig. l2. The middle portion, a, of the canopy is here made removable from the side portions by means of a unioncouplino. The bar m is the side bar, hinged at f, as already described. It terminates in a screw, a?, which is engaged by a tubular bar, fr, which is connected by a swivel, a2, with the part a. By nnscrewing the bar Non each side the part a is disconnected. A knob, G, may then be screwed onto the screw a* and the bar m turned np and dropped down into the pillar B until the knob rests on top of the pillar.

The foot-posts of the bedstead may be made telescopic and provided with :t canopy, il' desired, in addition to the canopy at the head of the bed, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Then bothy canopies are elevated, they form together a convenient frame for holding netting or other suitable fabric for keeping cti' mosquitoes.

I claim as my invention" l. In a metallic bedstead, the combination, with the telescopic pillars, ol` a canopy consisting of a U-shaped frame with its ends cntering the upper ends of said pillars, adapted to slide down into the same, and hinged in order to be turned down horizontally when drawn out of said pillars, substantially as set l'orth.

2. ln a metallic bedstcad, the combination of hollow pillars, telescopic pillars sliding therein, a canopy consisting of' a U-shaped frame with its ends entering said sliding pil lars, and hinged to enable the canopy to be turned down horizontally when drawn out of said pillars, substantially as set forth.

il. In a metallic bedstead, the combination, with the telescopic pillars, of a canopy with its ends entering and sliding in the. upper ends of said pillars, abutting stops upon the ends of said canopy and within said pillars to pre vent the entire withdrawal of said canopy, and hinges in said canopy, whereby when the canopy is drawn out until arrested b v said stops it may be turned down liorizontally and will rest on thetop of thepillars, substantially as set l'orth.

l. ln a metallic bedstead, the combination, with the telescopic pillars, of a canopy made of parts hinged together, with its opposite ends entering the upper ends ot' said pillars and separable into two sections, substantially as set forth, whereby when said sections are separated one section may beloweredinto one pillar and the other may be lowered into the other pillar.

5. In ainetallic bedstead, the combination, with telescopic pillars B l, having screwthreaded upper ends formed with notches c e, ot' a canopy, C, with its ends enteringsaid pillars, hinged at ff, and adapted to turn down into said notches, substantially as set forth.

(i. In a metallic bedstead, the combination, with telescopic pillars B B, having screwthreaded upper ends formed with notches c fn, of a canopy, U, with its ends entering said pillars, hinged at ff, and adapted to tnr'n down into said notches, and knobs G G, adapted to screw on the tops of said pillars above said canopy, substantially as set forth.

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7. In a metallic bedstead, the combination of hollow pillars A A, telescopic pillars B B sliding therein, cross-bar E, connecting the tops of pillars B B, hinged canopy C, with its ends enterod utlo said pillars B B, and curtain-rods i and j, pivoted to said cross-bar, substantially as set forth.`

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed xmy name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY BEUTTELL.

lWitnesses: Y

Gommizy RHODES, Solicitor dL' Notary, Halifax, England.

A. B. CRossLEY, Uommervial St., Halifa. 

